Monday, April 17, 2006

Waaaaay back in August, I hosted the sixth edition of the hockey carnival, and as part of my hosting duties, I asked bloggers to submit their picks for who would be the top three NHL teams at the end of the 2005-06 season.

Including myself, ten responded to the request.

With only two days left in the season, it's unlikely this will change much, so here's a look at the picks and who, in fact, wins the jade monkey (I've actually got a pretty decent prize in mind, just for indulging me). This season was horribly unpredictable, so the wide-ranging numbers are definitely understandable.

I kid, I kid. Whoever ends up in No. 2 will be declared our winner. This is, however, a nice way to flout all of the grief I received back in September for saying the Devils (and, to a lesser extent, the Red Wings) would be one of the NHL's top teams.

As for the fellows who picked the Bruins as one of the league's top three teams: No making fun of Mike O'Connell — for three weeks.

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A sportswriter at The Globe and Mail, James covers the NHL and the game of hockey. He is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, a radio and TV analyst with TSN and was the NHL network manager at SB Nation from 2008 to 2010. A graduate of Thompson Rivers and Ryerson universities, James grew up in Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities — and was a season ticket holder in the Blazers' glory years.

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